| English literature - 1841 - 596 pages
...fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign...great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch... | |
| 1842 - 820 pages
...all the other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sijjn which indicates that the term of her long dominion...great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch... | |
| Jeremiah Donovan - Rome - 1842 - 704 pages
...of her long dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement of all the governments, and of all ihe ecclesiastical establishments , that now exist in...set foot on Britain-before the Frank had passed the Rhine-wheu Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch-when \ idols were still worshipped in the... | |
| Martin John Spalding - Europe - 1844 - 412 pages
...exceed ; it may even fall below the mark, in consequence of the probable incompleteness of the returns. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot on Briton — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished... | |
| American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
..."which indicates that the term of her long dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement of all ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the...all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot in Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...fifty millions; and it will be difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign...great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch... | |
| James Spencer Northcote - Nicene Creed - 1846 - 156 pages
...She saw the commencement of all the governments, and of all the ecclesiastical establishments which exist in the world, and we feel no assurance that...all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot in Britain She may still exist in undiminished vigour, when some traveller from New Zealand... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...ecclesiastical establishments, that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not drlined enedick and Beatrice throw Mirabel and Millamant into the shade. All the good sayings'of Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch... | |
| Martin John Spalding - 1847 - 414 pages
...over the history of the past; other triumphs await her in the future. As Macaulay beautifully says : "Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot on Britain, — 'before the Frank had passed the Rhine, — when Grecian eloquence still nourished... | |
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